Annex

United Kingdom

The key decision points for evaluation of progress made in the implementation of the Galileo programme with regard to the development of the stations and centres to be created under the various development and deployment phases of the programme outlined in Article 3(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 683/2008:

Date	Key decision-making point	Measures
2009-2016	Creation of ground-based centres
2009-2014	Creation of two ground-based control centres (GCCs)	A control centre is being developed at Oberpfaffenhofen (Germany). Work started in 2009 and will be completed in 2014.
		A control centre is being developed at Fucino (Italy). Work started in 2009 and will be completed in 2014.
2013-2015	Creation of the Galileo Security Centre (GSMC)	The two-site Security Centre will be developed in stages in France and in the United Kingdom. Work is planned to start in 2013 and is expected to be completed in 2015. This work will be the subject of agreements between France and the United Kingdom to be signed during 2012.
2011-2016	Development of a GNSS service centre (GSC)	The GNSS service centre is being developed in Madrid (Spain). Work started in 2011 and is expected to be completed in 2016. It is the subject of an agreement signed with Spain on 17 March 2011.
2012-2014	Development of a Search and Rescue (SaR) centre	The SAR service centre is to be set up in Toulouse (France). Work is planned to start in 2012 and is expected to be completed in 2014. It will be the subject of an agreement signed with France.
2013-2014	Development of a Galileo performance centre	The Galileo performance centre should be developed in stages in a Member State and at a location to be determined. Work is planned to start in 2013 and is expected to be completed in 2014. It will be the subject of an agreement signed with the Member State concerned.
2010	Development of an in-orbit-testing station	The in-orbit-testing station was set up in 2010 in Redu (Belgium). This is an integral part of the contract concluded on 25 October 2010 between the Commission and the company Spaceopal for provision of the ‘Operations’ lot of the Galileo programme’s deployment phase.
2009-2014	Creation of remote ground-based centres
2010-2014	Creation of TTC stations	TTC stations were set up in 2010 and 2011 in Kiruna (Sweden) and Kourou (France). Further such stations are planned between 2012 and 2014 in Tahiti (French Polynesia), La Réunion (France), and Nouméa (New Caledonia). The setting-up of these TTC stations is the subject of contracts concluded between the European Space Agency and service providers.
2009-2014	Creation of GSS stations	GSS stations were set up between 2009 and 2011 in Fucino (Italy), Svalbard (Norway), Redu (Belgium), La Réunion (France), Kourou (France), Nouméa (New Caledonia), Troll (Norway) and Papeete (French Polynesia). GSS stations are planned between 2012 and 2014 in Kiruna (Sweden), Jan Mayen (Norway), the Azores (Portugal), the Canaries (Spain), Madeira (Portugal), Kerguelen, Terre Adélie, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Wallis, Ascension, Diego Garcia and the Falkland Islands. The setting-up of these GSS stations is the subject of contracts concluded between the European Space Agency and service providers.
2009-2011	Creation of ULS stations	ULS stations are planned between 2009 and 2011 in Tahiti (French Polynesia), Kourou (France), La Réunion (France), New Caledonia and Svalbard (Norway). The setting-up of these ULS stations is the subject of contracts concluded between the European Space Agency and the service providers.
2012-2013	Creation of SaR stations	SaR stations are to be set up in 2012 and 2013 in Svalbard (Norway), Toulouse (France), Makarios (Cyprus) and Maspalomas (Spain). The setting-up of these SaR stations will be the subject of contracts between the European Space Agency and service providers for the Svalbard and Maspalomas stations, an agreement between the Commission and Cyprus for the Makarios station and a contract between the Commission and a service provider for the Toulouse station.